established approximately a year after the sultan's palace stood. At the time of its inception, the building is expressly describes Manunggaling Gusti servant, the spirit of unity of the people and the authorities to fight the occupation. The spirit of unity or called golong gilig was imprinted on building the monument, shaped poles gilig (cylinder) and peak golong shape (round), so called monument Golong-gilig.
In detail, Yogya Monument building built at the beginning of a cone-shaped mast cylinder to the top. The bottom of the circular form of the fence while the top round. The height of building the monument was originally reached 25 meters.
Everything changed on June 10, 1867. The earthquake that rocked Yogyakarta when it makes the building collapsed pillar. That said, when the monument is a transition state collapse, before the meaning of unity is really not reflected in building the monument. The situation completely changed in 1889, when the Dutch government renovated monument building. Monument is made with a square with each side decorated with a kind of inscription that shows who was involved in the renovation. The top of the monument is no longer round, but the pointy cone-shaped. The height of the building is also lower, only up to 15 meters or 10 feet lower than the original building. Since then, the monument is also known as De Witt Paal or monument the White Pal.
The revamp the building was actually a tactic to erode the unity between the Dutch people and the king. However, the struggles of the people and the king in Yogyakarta held thereafter, we know that the efforts were unsuccessful.
If you want to look as much as he recalls Yogya Monument philosophical meaning, available bench overlooking the monument on the corner of Jl. Prince Mangkubumi. At 05:00 to 06:00 the morning is a good time, when the air is still fresh and has not been a lot of passing vehicles. Occasionally you may be greeted with a friendly smile delivering newspapers going to the office daily circulation of Sovereignty of the People.
Afternoon until midnight, there is a seller of warm (typical Yogyakarta cuisine) at the corner of Jl. Diponegoro. Gudeg here famous tasty and the price is reasonable. You can dine while enjoying Lesbian Yogya Monument view towards being bathed in light.
Yogya Monument so identical with the city of Yogyakarta, made a lot of student migrants expressed his excitement after being graduated from college with a hug or kiss Webcam. Maybe it was also an expression of love to the city of Yogyakarta, which will soon be left behind, as well as a pledge that someday he would be visiting this lovely city again.
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